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mishaps

[mis-hap, mis-hap] Origin

mis·hap

[mis-hap, mis-hap]
noun
an unfortunate accident.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; see mis-1, hap


misadventure, mischance.

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mishap
early 14c., "bad luck, unlucky accident," from mis- "bad" + hap "luck." Probably on analogy of O.Fr. meschance.
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